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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Sudan	Oman	Mauritania
Dec 31, 1999	277	26,168	2,348	2,437
Dec 31, 2000	281	26,771	2,403	2,501
Dec 31, 2001	285	27,387	2,457	2,566
Dec 31, 2002	288	28,017	2,510	2,632
Dec 31, 2003	289	28,662	2,562	2,699
Dec 31, 2004	293	29,321	2,613	2,768
Dec 31, 2005	296	29,996	2,663	2,838
Dec 31, 2006	304	30,686	2,713	2,909
Dec 31, 2007	311	31,393	2,764	2,981
Dec 31, 2008	319	32,137	2,816	3,055
Dec 31, 2009	319	33,078	2,871	3,129
Dec 31, 2010	318	33,891	2,928	3,205
Dec 31, 2011	319	34,568	2,986	3,282
Dec 31, 2012	321	35,293	3,047	3,359
Dec 31, 2013	324	36,093	3,110	3,438
Dec 31, 2014	327	37,058	3,174	3,517
Dec 31, 2015	331	38,165	3,240	3,597
Dec 31, 2016	335	39,294	3,307	3,677
Dec 31, 2017	343	40,512	3,375	3,759
Dec 31, 2018	353	41,764	3,444	3,840
Dec 31, 2019	361	42,952	3,512	3,942
Dec 31, 2020	366	44,121	3,582	4,045
Dec 31, 2021	372	45,290	3,651	4,150
Dec 31, 2022	380	46,498	3,696	4,259

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

No separate list is published for Sudan, Oman, Mauritania; the database as a whole is cited above.